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Zimbabwe-Born Nurse On 2021 British Queen's New Year Honour's List
[New Zimbabwe] A ZIMBABWE-born nurse, Judith Machiwenyika, now based in the UK, has been honoured with an MBE in the 2021 Queen's New Year Honours list for her services to the minority, particularly during the Covid-19 response.
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Source: allAfrica.com
New bundles of joy: Hundreds of babies usher in the new year | News24
Hundreds of moms have given birth to babies at hospitals across South Africa on the first day of 2021.
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Bomb-sniffing dogs? Check. Times Square crowd? Not this year - Black News Channel
By ROBERT BUMSTED and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gone were the revelry and shoulder-to-shoulder crowds that typify Times Square on New Year's Eve, replaced by empty streets and an eerie quiet as the final moments of 2020 ticked away. This was New Year's Eve in the age of
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Kamara fined $5K for wearing Christmas-themed cleats
New Orleans running back Alvin Kamara has been fined $5,000 by the NFL for wearing red and green cleats during the Saints’ Christmas Day win. Though the league allowed Kamara to wear the cleats for the duration of the game, he was fined for non-conforming footwear. Kamara made history in the
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Homeless man struggles to find room for rent
At 10 o’ clock yesterday morning, scores of homeless and indigent people had already flocked to the gates of the St William Grant Park in downtown Kingston for their annual New Year’s Day breakfast from the mayor. Among them was 81-year-old Roy...
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Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob - Black News Channel
By COLLEEN LONG, LOLITA BALDOR, MICHAEL BALSAMO, and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump rioted at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the U.S Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. And as the mob descended on the
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WATCH: Friday's Episode of Generations - The Legacy, E289 S29 (1 January 2021)
Generations is a South African television soap opera which revolves around the large and multi-generational Moroka family.
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Some Health Care Workers Are Hesitant About Getting COVID-19 Vaccines - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
Dr. Nikhila Juvvadi, chief clinical officer at a Chicago hospital, says about 40 percent of the staff distrust the vaccines — in part because of deep-rooted cultural mistrust based on past abuses.
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2021 | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The HistoryMakers Hallelujah! 2020 is in our rear view mirror and yesterday marks the first day of the New Year, 2021. In celebration of the New Year, we want to share memories of our HistoryMakers from The HistoryMakers archives. One deep-rooted New Year’s Eve tradition is Watch Night
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EXPLAINER: Stakes high for U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia - Black News Channel
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Two months after the November elections, Georgia voters have unfinished business. The outcome will determine partisan control of the U.S. Senate and how lawmakers deal with a new White House. Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are
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Webb Talks F.C. Career, Name Change in Final Interview - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
The News-Press had one final interview with outgoing F.C. School Board member Lawrence Webb, where he talked about his time on the City Council as well as his role in the recent decision to change the names of two City schools.
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Meagan Good Says She Was Moved By God To Direct 'If Not Now, When?'
Meagan Good opens up about taking a divine leap of faith to co-direct "If Not Now, When?," a new film about the power of friendship and standing in truth.
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Zimbabwe: Kadewere Rallies Behind Logarusic
[The Herald] France-based Zimbabwe international football star Tino Kadewere says he was not surprised by his meteoric rise in Europe this year.
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New Year's Eve, then and now
THERE were countdowns and live performances but New Year's Eve celebrations across the globe looked radically different this year as large crowds stayed away from traditional party spots like New York City's Times Square and the Champs Elysees in Paris.The coronavirus that changed so much in 2020
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Report: Rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black In Line for President Trump’s Pardons
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See How Your Favorite Stars Are Bringing In The New Year!
Traditionally, New Year's Eve is an intimate time spent with lots of family and friends. We welcome the incoming year's positive energy, reminisce on all that the past one brought, […] The post See How Your Favorite Stars Are Bringing In The New Year! appeared first on Essence.
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Biggest Czech crematorium overwhelmed by pandemic deaths - Black News Channel
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — All three cremation chambers are working round the clock, while storage capacity for caskets has been repeatedly boosted. Despite all the efforts, the Czech Republic's biggest crematorium, in the northeastern city of Ostrava, has been
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Mitt Romney Lashes Trump Admin’s ‘Inexcusable’ COVID-19 Vaccine Delays
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Friday attacked the Trump administration for its  “incomprehensible” and “inexcusable” failure to meet its own coronavirus vaccination goals, as thousands of Americans die after contracting the virus…
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MASK HURDLE - Deaf find innovative means as PPE affects communication in tough year
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic came the rise in wearing protective masks, which abruptly excised half of the face from communication, creating a challenge for members of the deaf community. The covering deemed a critical barrier to guard...
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People Love Kumail Nanjiani’s Extremely Sincere Reaction To ‘Basic’ New Year’s
Kumail Nanjiani loves New Year’s Eve, and he doesn’t care who knows it.  The “Lovebirds” actor tweeted a sweet and sincere message about the big day on Thursday, just before…
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DOOM Rock Grammar Like The Kumbaya: Honoring The Life & Legacy Of MF DOOM
Born Daniel Dumile, the legendary rapper influenced a generation of wordsmiths who carry the torch in Hip-Hop's ever-changing underground.
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Health workers demand vaccine rollout to 'bring pandemic under control'
The petition calls on the health department to start by vaccinating frontline health workers, followed by those most at risk.
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Breakfast Table With Jewish Newsletters | The Nation
… day since George Floyd, an African-American father of five, had been … my “race,” just as an African-American in the United States today …
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US surpassed landmark 20 million COVID-19 cases on New Year's Day
The 20 million case mark comes as the US inches toward 350,000 COVID-19-related fatalities, with warnings that the worst is yet to come.
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UK reactivates emergency COVID-19 hospitals, closes London primary schools
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reactivated emergency hospitals built at the start of the pandemic and shut primary schools in London on Friday to counter the rapid spread of a much more infectious variant of the coronavirus. With more than 50,000 new daily cases of COVID-19 for the last four days, the
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Nigeria: Pope Francis in New Year Message Calls for Release of Bishop Kidnapped in Owerri
[Vanguard] Pope Francis ushered in the New Year on Friday with a traditional Angelus blessing from the papal library, pushing through nerve pain that forced him to skip New Year's ceremonies in St. Peter's Basilica.
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Sexual assault and harassment happen at an unacceptable rate in the United States military. The most recent reports from the Department of Defense (DOD) found a rise in instances of military sexual trauma (MST) and a rise in unreported cases. There is no place in this country where sexual
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75 SA cricketers to lose their contracts under new CSA domestic structure
Cricket South Africa has endorsed a drastic new domestic cricket structure that will see the current franchise system scrapped.
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